New Jersey Atlantic Conference

DALLAS—Ten NJAC football players have been selected as members of the 2010 National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who maintain a 3.2 GPA or better.

UNION--Senior nose tackle Darryl Jackson has been invited to the Philadelphia Eagles mini-camp and will compete for a spot on the National Football League NFC East team in the three-day camp beginning on April 30.

GLASSBORO–The Rowan football team enrolled 299 people to the Be The Match Registry. With the Get In The Game, Save A Life program, the team held a bone marrow donor registry on April 27 at the Chamberlain Student Center.

UNION--The Kean football team continues its efforts to give back to the local communities, as they volunteered as part of the Clean Ocean Action’s Beach Sweeps in Monmouth County on April 24. It was the third straight year the Cougars participated in the clean-up efforts, as 16 players and three members of the coaching staff helped remove debris from Baywalk at Beachway and Laurel Avenues in Keansburg. 

WAYNE--William Paterson wide receiver Joel Rivera will try out for the NFL’s New York Jets when the team conducts its Rookie Minicamp starting on April 30. Rivera, who completed his college career as a Pioneer this past fall, was named to the All-New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team for the second straight year after starting all 10 games during the 2009 season and catching 51 passes for 751 yards and nine touchdowns.

GLASSBORO– Rowan University quarterback Frank Wilczynski was honored by the Adam Taliaferro Foundation as one of its Players of the Year at a luncheon on April 13. The event was held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

UNION--The Kean football team officially welcomed Tommy Frankel to the program, as the Cougars adopted the 12-year old Tommy through the “Friends of Jaclyn” Organization on March 25. Joined by his parents, Andrea and Steve, and younger sister, Nicole, Tommy was welcomed by Kean University President Dr. Dawood Farahi and Head Coach Dan Garrett during an adoption ceremony at Kean Hall. Tommy was diagnosed with germinoma, a rare brain tumor, on September 2, 2008. 

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – Rowan offensive tackle Ken Siano was selected to compete in the 14^th annual All-American Bowl College All-Star Game. The game will be played on March 27 at the University of Charleston’s Laidley Field in Charleston, WV.

ELIZABETH---In the first of several community service projects for the spring semester, the Kean football team volunteered at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on February 19. The 16 student-athletes and three coaches spent several hours at the Community FoodBank distribution center sorting and packing boxes of food and household goods.

UNION–-For the seventh straight year, the Kean football team participated in the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day in celebration of beloved children’s author Dr. Seuss’ birthday.